Don’t look now, but high school basketball season is right around the corner. While the games are still a couple months away, recruiting never sleeps. Here is a snapshot at where recruiting stands for 10 of the top prospects in the state in the senior and junior classes.

Keion Brooks Jr., La Lumiere (2019)

Recruitment: This is a big weekend for Indiana, which will host the Fort Wayne native for his official visit. The 6-8 Brooks Jr. cut his list to six earlier this week with Indiana, Purdue, Kentucky, Michigan State, North Carolina and UCLA remaining in contention. He has already taken an official visit to UCLA and has another scheduled for North Carolina the weekend of Nov. 2. Michigan State has long been a considered one of the favorites to land Brooks. It could come down an Indiana vs. Michigan State battle.

Trayce Jackson-Davis, Center Grove (2019)

Recruitment: The 6-9 Jackson-Davis will also be in Bloomington this weekend for Hoosier Hysteria for his official visit. The Center Grove star is down to four schools. He is considering Iowa, Michigan State and UCLA along with the Hoosiers. This will be the third of Jackson-Davis’ official visits. He visited UCLA the last weekend of August and took an official visit to Iowa the following weekend. Jackson-Davis is scheduled to take his final official visit to Michigan State next weekend. Could a commitment follow? Jackson-Davis said last week he might wait until the high school season before making a commitment. Indiana appears to be in a solid position.

Alex Hemenway, Castle (2019)

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Castle's Alex Hemenway(Photo: Mike Lawrence/Courier & Press)

Ranking: No. 262 by 247sports; No. 7 in in-state class by IndyStar

Recruitment: The 6-4 guard took an official visit to Bradley earlier this month and plans to make a decision before the beginning of the season. Other schools that have been in the mix for Hemenway are Belmont, Clemson, Creighton and DePaul. He said he is still looking to set up other official visits. Clemson could emerge as the frontrunner.

Ethan Brittain-Watts, Culver Academy (2019)

Recruitment: The 6-foot point guard has official visits scheduled to Boston University the weekend of Oct. 12 and Purdue Fort Wayne the weekend of Oct. 19. Ball State, IUPUI, Miami of Ohio and South Dakota have also offered Brittain-Watts.

Jalen Johnson, Manual (2019)

Recruitment: The 6-8 forward was offered by Illinois-Chicago and Southern Illinois in the spring. Johnson will almost positively be a spring commit. Other programs that have been in to see him this fall include Indiana State, Georgia State, and Alabama A&M. Johnson could help himself with a big senior season.

Cam Alford, Brownsburg (2019)

Recruitment: The 6-foot guard will also play it through the season and see what is available in the spring. Morehead State, which has local products Jordan Walker (Cathedral), Djimon Henson (Lawrence North) and Justin Thomas (Pike) on the roster, has been in contact. Other Division I programs showing interest are Miami of Ohio and South Dakota.

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Anthony Leal, Bloomington South (2020)

Bloomington South's Anthony Leal(Photo: Kyle Neddenriep/IndyStar)

Ranking: No. 83 by 247sports; No. 80 by Rivals

Recruitment: The 6-4 Leal is not in a position where he has to do anything yet as he is going into his junior year, but is working potentially taking an official visit to Stanford this fall (juniors are now allowed to take official visits beginning on Sept. 1). He has been busy taking visits this month to Ohio State, Iowa and Michigan. Leal will be at Indiana this weekend and also has unofficial visits scheduled for Marquette the weekend of Oct. 20 and Maryland the weekend of Nov. 3. Leal has offers from Bradley, Evansville, Iowa, Toledo and Xavier.

Trey Galloway, Culver Academy (2020)

Recruitment: The 6-4 Galloway took his first official visit, to Iowa, last weekend after the rule change to allow juniors to take official visits in September. Galloway, who has offers from Butler, Iowa, Michigan State, Nebraska and Purdue, took an official visit to Notre Dame and has been — or will be — to Michigan State, Louisville and Xavier. Most of those schools have been in this fall, in addition to Indiana, Michigan, Creighton and Oregon.

D’Andre Davis, Lawrence Central (2020)

Recruitment: The 6-5 small forward has been piling up offers since the spring. He now has Ball State, Evansville, Indiana State, Bradley, Cleveland State, Miami of Ohio and Southern Illinois on his list. Davis has visited Belmont, Miami of Ohio, Nebraska and Southern Illinois and has an unofficial visit scheduled for Iowa the weekend of Oct. 20. He will take unofficial visits to Ball State and Cleveland State this weekend and is looking to schedule visits soon to Indiana, Purdue, Cincinnati, Stanford, Toledo, William & Mary and Xavier.

Recruitment: The 6-9 Powell picked up an offer from Xavier earlier this month, adding to previous offers from Evansville, Miami of Ohio and New Orleans. Powell took an unofficial visit to Purdue last weekend. Other schools that have either been in or made multiple contacts include Ball State, Butler, Evansville, Belmont, Duquesne, Georgetown, Northern Kentucky, Ohio State and West Virginia.